Domestic Assistant

Northampton General Hospital; Northampton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A local hospital in Northampton is looking for dedicated Cleaning Staff to maintain hygiene and cleanliness across various departments. You will ensure compliance with cleanliness standards, handle waste disposal, and support infection control procedures. Candidates should have NVQ Level qualifications and experience in cleaning, with excellent customer care skills. Full and part-time hours are available with flexible scheduling, including weekends.

Qualifications

• To have experience of cleaning.
• Awareness of Health & Safety and Infection Control.
• Understanding Confidentiality and security.

Responsibilities

• Ensure bags are safely disposed of into the correct waste bins.
• Clean all sanitary, clinical and floor areas.
• Monitor and maintain hygiene and sterility of areas.

Skills

Basic and Good literacy and numeracy skills

Excellent customer care skills

Ability to identify potential hazards

Ability to work under own initiative

Ability to multi task effectively

Education

NVQ Level 1 or 2 or Apprenticeship

GCSE or equivalent in English or Maths

Tools

Heavy-duty cleaning machinery

Job description

To assist in creating a clean and hygienic environment at all times, whilst providing a professional and quality service to all users.

To meet the Trust's Cleaning Plan by adhering to the cleaning frequencies and schedules, as set out by the National Standards of Cleanliness.

Full time and part hours available -

Monday to Friday 11.30-19.30 & 13.00-21.00

Saturday & Sunday 07.30-13.30 & 13.00-21.00

Main duties of the job

To create, contribute and maintain a professional and effective working relationship with patients, clients, visitors & other staff members.

To communicate with other staff, patients and visitors in a courteous manner ensuring that any instructions to maintain their safety are understood.

To have full regard to the security of the premises and the environment at all times.

Diligently follow all laid down procedures in relation to key disciplines and personal safety.

Monitor and maintain the cleanliness of the environment by the removal and disposal of waste & refuse, ensuring the correct use of bags and labelling procedures.

About us

**Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications**

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Job responsibilities

Ensure bags are safe disposed of into the correct waste bins in the correct designated areas.

To undertake each cleaning task in accordance with the method statements of the department training.

To clean all sanitary, clinical and floor areas and removing dust, dirt and debris to the required Trust standard ensuring adherence to our Health & Safety procedures and policies.

Monitor and maintain the hygiene and sterility of areas with the specific aim of preventing cross infection in a potentially hazardous environment, in line with Infection Control procedures and guidelines.

To adhere to the Trusts colour coded system with equipment and consumables. i.e. cloths, mops and equipment.

All of the domestic staffs are required to undertake special cleans on request i.e. Isolation Cleaning.

Provide flexibility, assistance and support to other areas of work as and when required and instructed by your line manager or supervisor.

The Line Manager may allocate any other work or duties commensurate with the post.

All duties will be carried out in accordance with the departmental Health & Safety policy and COSHH regulations. These are to be adhered to at all times in line with Trust procedures.

To report accidents and near misses in accordance with Trust procedures.

To safely use all the domestics machinery and equipment i.e. Buffer, Burnisher and all of the floor maintainer electric machinery.

Clean, adjust and maintain non-hazardous and potentially hazardous hand tools and equipment.

To check machinery/equipment before use, reporting any faults or defects. Any defective machinery should be taken out of service and clearly labelled 'Out of order'

To contribute to the development of the Domestic Service by putting forward suggestions for improvement.

Person Specification

Skills

• Basic and Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Excellent customer care skills.
• Able to identify potential hazards in the workplace and the confidence to act upon these effectively.
• Ability to work under own initiative to achieve set targets.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and tasks.
• Ability to multi task effectively and move from one task to another rapidly when priorities change.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure or challenging situations.
• Ability to assist in and demonstrating duties and operating procedures to new members or staff.

Knowledge and Experience

• To have experience of cleaning.
• Awareness of Health & Safety and Infection Control.
• Understanding Confidentiality and security.
• Knowledge of cleaning products. i.e. COSHH.
• Use electronic resources to input and save information. i.e. annual leave, timesheets.
• Experience in a similar role or service industry.
• Experience working as part of a team.
• Knowledge of using heavy duty cleaning machinery i.e. Buffer, Burnish.

Educations, Training and Qualifications

• NVQ Level 1 or 2 or Apprenticeship.
• NVQ, Apprenticeship or equivalent in cleaning and support services.
• GCSE or equivalent in English or Maths.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Domestic, Linen and Accommodation Manager